Mailing container for pencils and other articles



Aug. 7, 1928. 1,679,897

l C. F. ELMORE MAILING CONTAINER FOR PENCILS AND OTHER ARTICLES Filed April 16, 1926 A I i tlll Patented Aug. 7, 1928.

UNITED NSTATES PATENT orties.

CHARLES IE'. ELMOR'E, OIF CHICAGO7 ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO GAW-O"IIARA. ENVELOPE COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A COB/PC*RA'lIClll` OF ILLINOIS.

MAILING CONTAINER FOR PENCILS ANI) OTHER ARTICLES.

Application led April 16, 1926. Serial No. 102,414.

rlhis invention relates to containers for pencils, fountain pens and other articles which it is frequently desirable to ship or inail individually. While the word pencil will be used throughout the specification and claims it should be understood that the word is employed generically and merely as illus-` trative of the articles for which my invention is designed.

lleretofore fountain pens, pencils and other articles when shipped individually, have customarily been sent through the mails insniall pasteboard boxes and the postal regulations prohibit the inclosing of a letter with the article which is often very desirable, unless letter rate postage is applied.

My present invention aims to provide a container in which a pencil or other article may be shipped in a duplex envelope, thereby enabling the recipient to receive the article and the letter at the saine time at their respective postal. rates. i y

Another object of my invention is to pro vide a container which will adequately protect the article against injuries from crushing strains in transit, and one which will ht an envelope and will not be liableto tear or rupture the envelope.

Another object is to provide a container which can be manufactured very rapidly and economically and which will be capable of carrying considerable advertising or other printed matter and one which will be neat in appearance and will produce a pleasing im pression upon its recipient. Y

Other objects and many inherent advantages of iny invention will be readily appre elated as the sarne becomes better understood by reference to the 'following description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a pla-n View of a blank from which iny container is made,

Fig. 2 is an edge view thereof,

Fig. 3 is a side view showing my Vcontainer with a pencil therein disposed in an envelope for mailing, portions of the envelope and of the container being broken away to incre clearly illustrate the invention,

Fig. l is a transverse sectional view throughthe envelope and container shown in Fig. 3, and

`trated in Fig. 5.

Fig. 5 is a detailed end view of a slightly modified form ofv container. i

Referring to the drawings incre in detail reference character 6 indicates generally a flat blank or sheet of suitable material, such for instance, as a good quality of heavy cardboard or other relatively .stiff and` `light inaterlal. This blank of suitable proportions and rectangular in shape is provided with a cut or bruised score along a plurality of parallellines 7 and 8 spaced apart, as indicated in Fig. l to facilitate theioldingr of the blank along these lines. The intermediate portion 9 between these scorings forms the bach wall of the container when the side walls -11 and 12 are bent or folded together as illustrated in Figs. l and 5. The edges of these side walls are connected together and held apart by `this baclt wall forming a con tainer or compartment triangular in cross section adapted to accommodate an article 13. `The back wall serves to protect the article against crushing strains exerted transversely of the side walls and the side walls protect the article so that it inay be shipped without danger of breakage or injury. To facilitate the attachment of the pencil to the container one of the walls, preferably the back wall 9, is provided with an opening through which the pencil clip 141 may be in serted, as shown in Fig. 3. A. slot or opening for this purpose may be formed in the back wall or it may be provided with a llshaped slit 15 forming a movable tab 1G which may be displaced to accommodate the entrance of the pencil clip through the opening.

In one forni of my invention the side walls 11 and 12 are also scored by bruising or cut ting, as indicated by reiIercnce characters 1T and 18 respectively, permitting these walls to lie parallel and contiguous to each other during he greater portion of their area and `forming a relatively small triangular con tainer for the article which affords maar mum protective'strength. These score lines may, however, be omitted,` in which event the side walls will assume the position illus- The container', such as described with a pencil therein, may be shipped through the inail in a duplex envelope of proper size to receive the saine. One of such envelopes is Bii indicated generally by reference character 19 in Which the compartment for the first class mail matter, such as a letteraccompanying the pencil, is indicated by reference character 21. 4

It will be observed that a container construeted lin accordance `with my invention fits Within the envelope so that it will not move'abeut sufficiently to Wear a hole in the envelope, that the side Walls of the container lie substantially flat against each otherat the edge Where the stamp is applied to the envelope and, that the container is adapted for mailing, together With a letter 'f in a duplex envelope. The container atords adequate protection to the pencil or pen so as lto preclude injury'thereto in shipment, it

is light, thereby reducing the postage to a minimum and it is also very economical toY manufacture and easy to foldin shape Vand insert 1n an envelope. Y

VWhen it 1s received the container 1s re- ,"moved'from the envelope and when opened out, presents an attractive book shaped appearance, the attractiveness of which may tion will be apparent to those skilled in the art and the details of construction may obviously be varied Within Wide limits without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the following claims.

I claim:

l. A pencil container comprising` a pair of side Walls connected together at one edge only and spaced apart at said edge by an intervening transversely disposed back Wall adapted to prevent the approach of said connectcd edges of the side u'alls, said wall being made of relatively still'l material and arranged to form an open ended container substantially triangular in cross section, said back Wall being adapted f or the attaclnnent thereto of a pencil or the like, and means whereby a pencil may be secured to said back Wall.

2. A pencil container comprising a sheet of stiff material bent along parallel lines to provide integral back and side walls forming a triangular container adapted to receive an elongated article, said back wall being disposed transversely to the side Walls and adapted to protect the inclosed article from crushing strains, and said back wall being perforated for the reception of a clip whereby the article is held against displacement.

In Witness of the foregoing I allix my signature.

CHARLES F. ELMORE. 

